JotForm Fillable PDF Creator with All Points

Are you looking to create amazing and fantastic forms? Well, you’re in the right place with JotForm.

With the latest change, you can do even more. JotForm is now not only the best online form creator, but it now allows you to create fillable PDFs as well.

We have always allowed the creation of plain PDF files, which can be reviewed online and printed to paper. What you couldn’t do with them was fill them in online. Why settle for a plain document if you can have much more?

NOTE: The File Upload Field is hidden at this time on the PDF files since you can’t transfer file attachments to our servers via PDF.

Listed below are all the Quick Tool fields.

- Quick Elements -

1. Header

2. Full name

3. Email

4. Address

5. Phone Number

6. Time

NOTE: The Captcha Field is not displayed since it wouldn’t work on a PDF and serves no purpose there. The Header and Text Fields will show properly on your JotForm but will also show a background of your form behind them. Improvements will continue to be made on how the layout is displayed.

These fields still exist on your web form, but they are hidden in your PDF.

Q7: What Happens with Required Fields on My JotForm Once the JotForm Is Exported as Fillable PDF? | TOP ↑

You will have the * (star) next to your field shown, but it will not behave the same as on the web form.

See it as a paper - it will not be able to jump or get different coloring, it will require people filling them out to not skip them - as on paper.

Q8: Can I Open My Fillable PDF in a Browser to Fill It out and Submit? | TOP ↑

If the form is going to be opened in a browser we would always suggest using webform since everything will work in its fullest and all design, conditions and widgets will be available to make your form stand out from plain and people submitting it will enjoy. On the other hand, the fillable PDF will be shown in your browser, but you will not be able to fill it out. This is due to the fact that browsers are using the smallest amount of code possible to quickly load and show PDF and do not have all the features Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat or Foxit have.

Q9: Will Page Break or Some Other Field/Tool Create a Page Break in PDF for Us? | TOP ↑

No, not at this time. Each PDF that you create will be a single page that will not be impacted by the Page break or Form Collapse.

Yes, that should be the case, but please note that if your JotForm is very long (longer than this guide), with a lot of images, text and similar, the output of it might not be what you are expecting. What we would suggest instead is to create a smaller set of forms that you are going to export - which will work great if you are going to print them and you can send several files to be filled out if you must use the fillable PDF for the submissions.

Q11: Can We Add Adobe ESign Widget to Our Fillable PDF to Capture Signature as Described Here? | TOP ↑

No, this would not be possible at this time. If you take a closer look at the guide on our blog above it explains that this is to be added to a webform and this is currently the only way to use it. If at some point if becomes possible to use it in a fillable PDF as well, we will update this guide as well.

Same as above, we would recommend sharing a link to your JotForm instead, which can be opened on any device with internet connection while fillable PDFs can not be opened and submitted with ease on the same.

If you encounter any issues, do let us know about it. Please let us know your feedback in the comments!

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19 Comments...

James Hill

March 13, 2018 at 02:31 PM

I'm going to provide you with some constructive criticism. Please accept it as true constructive criticism. I hope you realize that most of your potential customers will know very little about creating forms. They may have Adobe Acrobat Pro and may be able to create a fillable pdf form locally and may even be able to import a form to a website but they won't understand the terms for the fields mentioned in the Create Form process required on your website. Nor will they understand why they can't make their form on your website look the way they want it to look. Your website automated processes need to be much more user friendly to the customer. If it were, you would be booming with business.As I said in previous communications, I can do a lot of things in and around a website and I'm still working after over a week on getting my customers form imported to JotForm for their use. I believe I will puch them to adding their form to their own website and tie it to Authorize.net from there. It has cost me way too much money, time and anguish.

I need to Embed the fillable PDF on a page in my Wordpress website and once filled out by user, they would have the ability to print out the completed Form? I cannot seem to find a JotForm PDF Embed URL. When I click on Publish, after converting Form to PDF, all that is available is the Standard Form, not a PDF?

Hello, I am trying to have an active PDF form embedded in my jotform. I've used html code to display the pdf in the jotform; however, when the user submits the form, the PDF responses are not saved and the PDF is blank. Is there a way that I can upload an active PDF that will save the user's responses upon submission?

I have tried two different computers, with two different operating systems, and 4 different browsers. Whenever I tried to turn my web forms into PDF, it just says "working" and stays on that status. It never creates the PDF. What is going wrong?

My logo and text that was entered as Text in my online form comes through as very pixilated in the pdf fill-able version. They are both clear on the pdf submissions. Is there a suggestion to clean this up?

HiThe Fillable PDF version that's generated looks terrible as the headings throughout the form are coming across as they are shown on the website but the rest is adjusted. Some headings overlap the question underneath/below it. What can I do to prevent this from happening?Thank you